IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN083013
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN083013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7713
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22805
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 9W
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet southeast and 500 feet southwest of the north corner Donation 19
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben and Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat on broad interstream divide
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77131
    A12—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX77132
    B21T—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77133
    B22T—74 to 117 centimeters (29.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77134
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # KX77135